Randolph Macon vs. Virginia

Randolph Macon and Virginia have 21 meetings on file, the first in 1890; Virginia leads the series 20–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Virginia 9–⁠0.

Randolph Macon wins
0
Virginia wins
20
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1890
Longest streak
19 Virginia
Current streak
1 Virginia
Last 10 meetings
Virginia 9–⁠0
Most recent
1933

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1900s0–⁠4
1910s0–⁠7
1920s0–⁠6
1930s0–⁠2–⁠1
Average margin
39.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Virginia
20–⁠0–⁠1 Virginia’s record at home
Shutouts
17

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Virginia’s biggest win1890: Virginia 136, Randolph Macon 0by 136 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Randolph Macon and Virginia, 1890 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The times dispatch's story of the 1911 game: VIRGINIA TEAM TRIES ALL KINDS OF PLAYS Defeats Randolph Macon Eleven by Score of 81 to o. PROVES STRONG ON ATTACK Game Played on Gridiron Soak ed With Water and in Drench- ing Downpour

    1911 · The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., Oct 8, 1911

  • The The times dispatch's story of the 1912 game: METHOOISIS ARE EASILY WHIPPED Virginia Rolls Up IS Points Against Randolph Macon, SIX More Than Georgetown.

    1912 · The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., Oct 6, 1912

  • The The Richmond Virginian's story of the 1913 game: BILLY" WORD SCORES TWICE FOR ]. VA. AGAINST RIM. VARSITY EASILY DOWNS METH ODTSTS 40 TO 0--TEAM SHOWS CONSIDERABLE STRENGTH.

    1913 · The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., Sep 28, 1913

  • The Evening star's story of the 1914 game: VIRGINIA Is VICTOR. Defeats Randolph Macon by Good Margin, 50 to o.

    1914 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 27, 1914

  • The Harrisburg telegraph's story of the 1915 game: TECH HIGH WINS FIRST GAME CENTRAL WORRIES EAS Saturday Scores on Football Fields

    1915 · Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., Sep 27, 1915

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 30, 1933Virginia 39, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Sep 26, 1931Virginia 7, Randolph Macon 7at Virginia
Sep 27, 1930Virginia 48, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Sep 28, 1929Virginia 27, Randolph Macon 6at Virginia
Sep 29, 1928Virginia 66, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Nov 20, 1926Virginia 57, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Nov 21, 1925Virginia 41, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Oct 11, 1924Virginia 26, Randolph Macon 6at Virginia
Oct 2, 1920Virginia 65, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Sep 27, 1919Virginia 12, Randolph Macon 2at Virginia
Sep 25, 1915Virginia 20, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Sep 26, 1914Virginia 39, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Sep 27, 1913Virginia 40, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Oct 5, 1912Virginia 45, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Oct 7, 1911Virginia 31, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Oct 8, 1910Virginia 17, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Nov 7, 1908Virginia 22, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Sep 23, 1905Virginia 59, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Sep 24, 1904Virginia 16, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Oct 10, 1903Virginia 37, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia
Nov 8, 1890Virginia 136, Randolph Macon 0at Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.